>> expensive. that's what's happening today in the bay. good morning. gnaw a surprise vote to rejoin russia. as hillary clinton blasts putin over the crisis. >> i know we are dealing with a tough guy with a thin skin. emergency in midair. an american eagle plane forced to land after pilots report smoke in the cockpit. this morning, a firsthand account from one of the panicked passengers. how could it happen? disturbing new questions about the pregnant woman who drove her kids into the ocean leading to a dramatic rescue. >> so please help us, our mom's trying to kill us. >> we now now police interviewed the mother just hours earlier amid concerns for her mental

state. so how was she returned to her children? and move over, ellen. step aside, brad and julia and say hello to terry, oreo and max. the unusual trio taking aim at the oscars record-setting selfie. we'll talk to the man behind the tweet today, march 6, 2014. from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a at rockefeller plaza. >> and welcome to "today" on a thursday morning. he's got a shot at it, right? this guy who wants to have his picture retweeted as much as the celebrity one was. >> is he oreo, max or carrie? look, i love him. he sounds great, but i think the other picture should hold the record,en to be honest with you. he's up to 120 something.

moving up. >> 2.8 to go. not bad. today's top story and some major developments in the tense situation in ukraine. overnight dozens were detained in new fighting in the eastern part of that country while lawmakers in crimea announced plans to hold a referendum on whether it should rejoin russia. we have learned a u.s. warship is headed to the black sea. we're told this is for a pre-planned exercise. let's get all the latest from andrea mitchell. andrea, good morning to you. >> good morning. the president has ordered sanctions against russians and ukrainians. and destabling the government in kiev. but the visa restrictions and bank asset freezes will not have real clout unless europe joins the u.s. the ukraine crisis now in its sixth day with no end in sight. secretary of state john kerry in rome today. after failing to make progress with russia's foreign minister,

sergei lavrov, in paris wednesday. after those meetings the russian foreign ministry tweeting a photo showing kerry and lavrov looking in opposite directions. the apparent message, they don't see eye to eye, but they need to keep talking. >> we agreed to continue intense discussions in the coming days with russia, with the ukrainians. >> reporter: but lavlove refused to meet yew crane's new acting foreign minister whom kerry had brought to paris hoping to engineer the first direct talks between the two sides. the tension was illustrated graphically in crimea wednesday, a dramatic confrontation. u.n. envoy robert serry forced to call for help from a cafe. >> please come as soon as possible now. >> reporter: kerry failed to enter crimea last week and was forced out wednesday, his mission still not accomplished. some in congress want to know why u.s. intelligence didn't pick up on russia's move sooner.

>> it was not predicted by our intelligence and it's already been well known which is another massive failure because of our misreading, total misreading, of the intentions of vladimir putin. >> reporter: hillary clinton offered her own blunt assessment of putin on wednesday. >> i know we are dealing with a tough guy with a thin skin. >> reporter: while trying to clarify remarks she made tuesday comparing putin's move to hitler and the nazis before world war ii. >> the claims by president putin and other russians that they had to go into crimea and maybe further into eastern ukraine because they had to protect the russian minorities. and that is reminiscent of claims that were made back in the 1930s. >> and also today the pentagon is sending a warship to the region. this as the crimean parliament has scheduled that vote in ten days to break away from ukraine, a move that the white house says would be illegal. if it joins russia.

savannah and matt, to you. >> a lot of things going on this morning. thank you very much. former republican congressman joe scar bow ro sca the host of "morning joe." it's heating up between russians and congress and the administration. you heard john mccain saying it was a massive intelligence fail our and a misreading of putin's intentions. lindsey graham weighed in saying what we're seeing in the ukraine right now is the result of failed policies in syria and benghazi. do you agree with those assessments? >> no, absolutely not. i mean, the fact is everybody's debating right now in congress, who lost ukraine. barack obama didn't lose ukraine any more than george w. bush lost georgia in 2008, any more than ike lost hungary in 1956. the fact is is bob gates, former secretary of defense for obama and bush, putin was holding all the cards.

and as far as intel goes, the cia can't go inside a detached man's mind like putin who is detached from reality and decide what this guy's going to do in the weeks or months to come. >> why are we seeing what we're seeing? if this reminds us of the cold war, joe, back during the cold war there was a theory, maybe even an unwritten rule that politics ended at the water's edge. >> right. >> why is that no longer the case? >> unfortunately, washington's changed. there's a reason why congress has a 13% approval rating. there's a reason why republicans were upset when george w. bush went to russia and had a very important meeting with putin that harry reid, the top democrat in the senate at the time called george w. bush while on russian soil a liar and a loser. americans don't like that. they don't like it coming from democrats talking about republican presidents, and they certainly don't like lindsey graham tweeting out responses that undercut the commander in chief. not the democratic commander in chief, america's commander in chief. >> right. >> this is not only the right

thing to do where you have politics ending at water's edge in the middle of an international crisis like this. it's the smart thing to do. there will be time to debate this in the campaign in the fall. now's not the time to do it. >> let me ask you about vladimir putin. he's been a little bit erratic during this entire situation. on the one hand, he says, by the way, those aren't even russian troops in the crimea region. on the other hand, he says those troops are there because of an illegal coup in kiev. so with his almost comical denials, how does the u.s. deal with him? >> it's much harder to deal with a man that's worth how much? maybe 30, 40, $50 billion? that's running a totalitarian regime. he's in complete charge. and he's detached from reality. that is the one thing the cia and other intel officials have noticed. his last press conference was so detached from reality, it was almost like a baghdad display. it makes it a lot harder for john kerry to do what he's

trying to do in paris. that's really where we need to focus right now. bill kristol brought this up the other day. ukraine entered into an agreement with civilized nations across the globe. if they were going to give up all of their nuclear weapons, and they were number three in the world for possessing nuclear weapons in exchange for the civilized world protecting them and protecting their borders. the world can't turn a blind eye to this right now. they can't compromise on this. they have to show the rest of the world that if you enter into an agreement where you're giving up your nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction, we're not going to forget about that five, ten years from now. that's what we need to be focusing on. and we need to be focusing on how we get germany, how we get france, how we get england, how we get china, how we get other civilized nations to actually make sure that the agreement that we entered into as a civilized world sticks in 2014. >> joe scarborough, host of "morning joe." thanks. i appreciate your perspective, joe. >> i appreciate your perspective and your beard. keep it.

>> that's good to know. >> wasn't it february? when are you going to shave that baby? >> spring coming. spring is just around the corner. >> okay. i'm looking forward to it. i'm going to grow one. >> he appreciates the support on that one. thank you. >> i know. moving on to frightening moments on a regional jet flight that led to an emergency landing in texas. our stephanie gok has more on that story. good morning. >> good morning. officials are looking into why the cockpit of this american eagle regional jet filled up with smoke, forcing those pilots to do some pretty quick thinking. >> reporter: american eagle flight 3400 carrying 45 passengers and 3 crew members took off from dallas bound for moline, illinois, wednesday night when the pilots reported smoke in the cockpit. minutes after takeoff, the plane was diverted to an airport in greenville, texas. about 50 miles northeast of dallas. tv reporter tiffany lu was on board the plane. >> the flight attendant, he basically turned on all the

lights and told us that we're making an emergency landing and that we would possibly have to brace in case it really came really abruptly. >> reporter: there were no reports of any injuries. relieved passengers credited the crew for landing the plane safely. >> we were all pretty nervous. i was crying a little. and the lady in front of me was crying a little, too. but they kept us really calm. >> passengers were transported by bus to dallas-ft. worth, texas, where their flights were rebooked probably with some pretty frazzled nerves at that point. >> you bet. stephanie, thank you so much. natalie's here with new concern tied to a major car recall. >> that's right. this is one we've been talking about for a while, gm. the national highway traffic association is having general motors to provide dedaled answers why it took so long to recall more than a million cars even after a dozen people were killed and gm allegedly knew about the problem a decade ago. our tom costello is in washington with more. good morning. >> at least 31 crashes and 13

deaths have been linked to a faulty ignition switch that has been shown to shut down suddenly and therefore the car's engine and its disabled critical systems go down including the air bags. last month gm announced a long list of recalls including certain model years of the chevrolet cobalt, the saturn ion, chevrolet hhrs and pontiac solstices, saturn sky and pontiac g5 models. now government investigators want to know what took so long. carmakers are supposed to notify the government within five days if there's a major safety issue, yet gm allegedly knew about the ignition switch problem since 2004 but failed to warn car owners even after several fatal incidents. including this one in wisconsin in 2006 which killed two teenage girls. now in a sternly written letter, the national highway traffic safety administration is demanding that gm answer 107 questions under oath by april 3rd. it must also provide internal memos, photos and drawings, and it's possible that it faces a

$35 million fine. gm's new ceo, mary barra, her words, to figure out what happened and prevent it from happening again. she says, "while i deeply regret the circumstances that brought us to this point, i appreciate how today's gm has responded so far. we have much more work ahead of us, and i'm confident we will do the right thing for our customers." meanwhile, several families have filed lawsuits against gm and some of its dealers. natalie? >> tom costello in washington for us, thank you. well, after a shouting match on capitol hill, california republican darrell issa says his probe of alleged irs abuses may have hit a dead end. issa tried to end a hearing wednesday when a former irs manager refused to testify, but he was interrupted by maryland democrat elijah cummings. >> let me say what i have to say. i've listened to you for the last 15 to 20 minutes. let me say what i have to say. >> chairman issa proceeded to adjourn hearing anyway saying

that cummings had a chance to answer a question and did not ask it. another hopeful breakthrough in medicine as we are learning of a second baby born with hiv who has apparently been cured of it. this follows last year's announcement of a baby in mississippi essentially cured by giving the newborn a cocktail of medications. and this latest case involves an hiv-infected baby in california who also received aggressive treatment within four hours of birth, and so far shows no signs of the virus. however, the baby is still taking hiv drugs, so it is impossible to tell as of yet whether early treatment has a long-term effect. but a clinical trial is expected to begin soon involving treating hiv in newborns. prince harry gave full credit to america this morning when he launched a paralympic-style sporting championship for injured servicemen and women. harry has been working to bring the event to the uk after traveling to the u.s. last year to watch members of britain's armed forces taking part in a similar competition called the warrior games.

>> i saw firsthand the power of sports in inspiring recovery, supporting rehabilitation and demonstrating life beyond disability. a group of inspirational people proving that anything is possible. >> and prince harry joked that the warrior games competition was such a good idea by the americans that it had to be stolen. so go for it, prince harry. we're all in favor. well, ellen may have the world's most popular selfie, but a pilot with the royal danish air force is giving her a run for her money. take a look, this picture taken during training exercises. and it shows the pilot in an f-16 fighter jet firing an air-to-air missile, not uncommon for pilots to take a picture during flight apparently but rare to see an action shot quite like this. >> you should see the picture of the pilot ahead of him going like this. >> that's right. >> wow. >> are you supposed to just fire those things whenever you want to take a selfie? >> if you want to get a good picture. nice shot. >> thank you. mr. roker, a check of the weather.

>> we've got severe weather to talk about. we've been talking about winter weather. we've got very springlike conditions down in central and southern florida this morning from fort myers, west palm beach all the way into miami and key west. risk of strong storms, isolated tornadoes, a real mess. here's what's happening. we're looking at a big system starting to develop right now in the gulf coast. so miami, you're going to be looking at rain and heavy thunderstorms by later this afternoon. some of those could be severe. we've basically got this low pressure that's going to develop. as it does, colder air coming down from the south. warm air coming up from -- i should say cold air coming from the north, warm air from the south, and that boundary line is where we're going to see the severe weather this afternoon into tonight on into tomorrow. but also look what's happening. that cold air much denser as you get into the appalachians. so we are going to be looking at rain and some ice. so we've got heavy rain, two to three inches just around atlanta on into the southeastern atlantic coast. but then look at this. this is really dangerous.

up to a half an inch of ice from virginia all the way into the carolinas. power lines down, trees down and massive problems on the roads. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. good morning. 7:16 the time. we're waking up to a little bit of cloud cover. we had rain overnight. this afternoon in san francisco we'll see a mix of sun and clouds, temperatures near 60 degrees. elsewhere, temperatures a little cooler than they were yesterday.

66 in our north bay valley, same for the south bay and off to the east bay where we see temperatures close to 70 degrees. the weekend looks pretty good. the return of 70s. saturday night fast forward clocks. and that's your latest weather. >> thanks very much. there's chilling new developments this morning in a dramatic rescue in florida that we showed you on the program on wednesday. a family of children rescued from a minivan after their mother drove it into the ocean. and police now believe that was not an accident. nbc's janet shamlian is in daytona beach. good morning to you. >> reporter: the video is just gut wrenching, and now there is new information about the alarm sounded by the woman's sister who was concerned something just like this might happen. and how authorities actually stopped the mom in her car to check on her just hours earlier. it was unimaginable horror that played out on a crowded stretch of daytona beach. a pregnant mom drives her minivan directly into the ocean. within seconds, waves wash over

it amid the desperate screams of three children inside. >> the van started going deeper and deeper in the water. >> reporter: taylor quinton and donna pratt couldn't believe what was happening. even more amazed when several people ran into the water. as the fast-moving current dragged the van further into the atlantic. tim got to the vehicle and was startled by what he heard from a little boy inside. >> said "please help us. our mom's trying to kill us." and when he said that, i just -- i lost all feeling. all i could think about was getting the kids out. >> reporter: another good samaritan pulled out the 9 and 10-year-old and carried them to shore. a 3-year-old was still inside strapped in a car seat in the sinking vehicle. >> there's a baby in the car. >> reporter: others rushed to free him as the mother walked to show just hours after her sister called 911 worried about her mental state. >> does she have the kids with her? >> yeah, in the car with her. >> reporter: officers

interviewed the woman only two hours earlier but couldn't find reason to hold her. >> she had the right answers. she said he was heading to an abuse shelter. they could not do anything with her. two hours later it had escalated to this. >> reporter: the south carolina woman is undergoing a mental health evaluation. her children are safe but in protective custody. and those who made the rescue, putting their own lives at risk, averted what almost was a deadly senseless tragedy. after so much trauma, these children are now starting a second day with people they do not know. in protective custody. authorities say the goal is to get them back with relatives who will care for them as soon as possible. back to you all. >> janet shamlian on the story, thanks very much. >> a gut-wrenching story. big news in the academic world. new and improved s.a.t.s? >> it's been around 88 years and already going through its second redesign this century, trying to get back up there as being the test. there were changes. we'll tell you about it. obviously people online talking about it.

it's throwback thursday. this might harken back to some of the anxious moments you had while getting ready for college. the college board yesterday tweeting the major headlines of the new redesign. that is it will go back to the familiar 1600 points scale for the overall score for reading, writing and math. the essay will be separately scored. the essay now also optional, not mandatory. they continue with it will focus on relevant vocabulary words. that was another knock on the old s.a.t. the words you would put on those flash cards, you would never use in life. they're going to try and revamp that. our facebook page lighting up. danny weighing in. i have an issue with the essay portion of any standardized test. it forces you to write on topics you have no interest and/or knowledge on for two pages. jennifer writes in, i'm all for a change to make the s.a.t. exam for relevant but to drop the part of the exam that actually requires critical thinking, savannah, this sounds like you. there's a clarification needed there. they're not dropping the essay. it is optional now.

>> writers. >> you guys can take it. troy was blank when he wasn't elected class president. his spirits were so low that there was nothing we could say to do or cheer him up. >> first we need glasses. >> is it "a"? >> i would say disconsulate. >> disconsulate. >> ebulient? >> it's matt that's inscrutable. >> we're going with disconsulate. >> you guys can go to college now. >> tenacious when it comes to the s.a.t.s. >> we love slvocabulary. >> more in the next half hour. coming up, was his light on or off at the time of the shooting? the trial of oscar pistorius and what its significance is.

how mt. everest became the tallest garbage dump in the world and the new plan to clean up the world's highest peak. first this is "today" on nbc. cp

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with 1/4 moisturizing cream, dove doesn't strip your skin like soap. good morning to you. 7:26. i'm peggy bunker. gilroy police say these two men are persons of interest in a case of severe animal cruelty. detectives say a man's suv was stolen from a walmart parking lot. in the car was the man's beloved dog. the suv was found in san jose. the dog was dead inside from thirst and hunger. tonight the film festival will honor mark bingham. the documentary will be screened at camera 12. bingham became a hero on september 11, 2001, when he stormed the cockpit of flight 93 sacrificing his own life. tonight all 25,000 lights on the western span of the bay bridge

will go dark for 10 minutes. organizers say it will be a good reminder what the city will look like without the installation. yesterday was the one-year anniversary of the debut. how would that weather be when we see the lights go out? >> it's going to start to clear out in the next few hours so we'll see clear skies. if you are around the bridge you'll be able to see it. no fog expected at least around that time. you'll notice we are starting to clear, satellite and radar does show the rain moved out. overnight we saw over 150 lightning strikes across california so we're done with that rain. if you are waking up the clouds hanging on, but by noon and this afternoon in san jose we'll see a good mix of sunshine, mid-60s there, emory industrial low 60s by noon, and a good mix of sun and clouds as well. one last stop shows san francisco, 62 by noon, with temperatures falling back to 60 by about 4:00. let's check the drive. good morning to mike. >> we zoomed into 101 on san jose. the traffic moves smoothly. i wanted to show you the damp

pavement. overnight rains leave damp pavement so we'll watch the off ramps coming off freeway speeds. we'll look at the map as well as the rest of the south bay. typical pattern. the middle of the screen north 280 around 17 a. new crash past 17 causes more slowing. the rest of the bay typical pattern. yellow the worst, most of the peninsula, red showing up around berkeley and golden gate field. back to you. >> thanks so much. we'll have another update in about a half hour. ♪

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save 25% when you buy two scotts fertilizers -- > pretty view from the top of the rock looking which direction, savannah? >> oh, south! >> there you go. empire state building, 1 world trade center in the distance there. pretty morning here in new york. 18 degrees, though, so it's chilly for all those folks standing outside so we thank them for standing there. >> love it when you give me the pop quiz. >> well, you had four choices and you got it right. investigators are trying to find out what caused smoke in the cockpit of a regional jet from dallas. none of the 48 on board were injured. >> and protesters and police

crashed in ukraine while in crimea, lawmakers unexpectedly schedule a vote to decide if the region should return to russian control. >> and a second baby born with hiv is now in remission. doctors saying it's early hope that treatment could treat the virus. >> coming up, say it ain't so. a reported shortage in avocado. >> all the farmers out west are being impacted by the drought. >> no question. as you all know, ellen made twitter history with her star-studded selfie at the oscars. but the star is getting competition from this guy and his two pooches. >> we're going to begin this half hour with another day of trial of oscar pistorius.

let's get the latest, jeff rossen is in petoria. >> the most dramatic testimony, so dramatic oscar was weeping in court. >> a doctor testified that he saw oscar's lights were on. all the while, oscar said the lights were off and he couldn't see the intruder. in court this morning, oscar pistorius couldn't bear to listen, head in hand, covering his ears as another neighbor went into excruciating detail. >> i was awakened by through loud bangs. i remember my wife asking me what was that? and i said i think it's gunshot.

i heard screaming. it sounded to me like the voice of a female and she screamed three or four times. >> that maybe ran into oscar's house to help and testified he saw reeva steenkamp's body. he said he ran into oscar himself. he said "i shot her, i thought she was a burglar." during that time i was trying to ascertain if she was survivable, oscar is crying all the time. he's playing to god police let her live, do not die. >> and authorities are looking into oscar's past. just weeks before he killed reeva, oscar was involved in another shooting. >> i looked down on the floor and exactly where my foot was,

there was a hole in the floor. >> that's a professional boxer and one of oscar's friends. he was there and got grazed, prosecutors calling him to the stand. >> were you bleeding? >> i was scratched. i don't know what from but there was blood on my toe, yes. >> reporter: it happened right here at this restaurant in johannesburg. oscar was here with a few friends here to eat. one of them passed him a loaded gun under the table to look at. the gun accidentally went off. that's when he asked his friends for a favor. he said please take the blame for me, and when the restaurant owners came up, darren took the blame. >> reporter: they are trying to establish a pattern of guns and lies but oscar's attorneys are trying to poke holes in the story. could he be sure what he saw in

the middle of the night? >> thanks, very much. >> let's get a check of the weather from al. >> today's weather is brought to you by chico's. >> one more day of really cold air here in the northeast. we get this return flow of air around this high pressure system. that's bringing the temperatures down. cleveland's high 36, that's 6 degrees below normal. new york city, 15 degrees below normal. as far south as atlanta, 42 degree, 20 degrees below normal. look out west, the return air from this system bringing in warm air. you have gorgeous weather, las vegas, 81, boise 56 degrees. a slight risk of strong storms in florida today. the northeast into the great lakes, plenty of sunshine but temperatures 10 to 20 degrees

good morning. 7:35 the time. looking live in san jose. you can see we're clearing out from the rain that we saw overnight. about .1 inch fell in the silicon valley. we'll see a mix of sun and clouds, high temperatures back in the mid-60s in san jose. to san francisco, what it's looking like. cleared out over the open water and we'll see temperatures near 60 degrees. elsewhere you'll find high temperatures again in the mid-60s for the most part. so very warm, at least considering that we were in the 60s yesterday, 70s return by the weekend. >> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thanks very much. now to mount everest, one of the most beautiful places on the planet. i was lucky enough to visit that area back in 2004. now the majestic site is clogged with tons of trash and debris. what's being done about that? keir simmons has the story. good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt, good morning. this is one of those stores that is increasingly popular because

climbing is so popular, even mountains like mount everest. look at all the stuff that you need. you need canisters and rope and tents and you need one of these, whatever one of these is, and you need as well a lot of stuff that you can leave behind like these canisters and batteries. so we've put this basket together and we've weighed it. this is 18 pounds. this is how much stuff they want you to start bringing back down. oh, the clean mountain air, the towering peaks, the garbage? that's right. even the highest place on earth has not escaped our wasteful habits. discarded cans, filth, debris. time to clean up. authorities say everyone must now bring down what they take up the mountain. fail and you could be fined or even banned. mount everest unchanged for 60

million years has been turned into a trash heap in just 60. >> they simply think nobody's going to know that i was here, nobody's going to care. there might never be anybody coming here given so why should i bother taking my trash out. >> local sherpas have organized clean-up trips in the past but this is the first time climbers themselves have been forced to do it. when sir edmund hillary reached the peak 60 years ago, they had simple gear. now with the high tech gear, there are traffic jams. >> i simply dislike the commercialization of the climb of everest. >> what would he think of the junk that now litters this majestic mountain, the scrap discarded on its ancient slopes. he would surely welcome the effort to return everest to its natural state -- garbage free.

i'm just putting all the stuff from that basket into a bag here. this, by the way, makes the point as well that many people do bring their stuff down the mountain, but this is that 18 pounds of trash. that is heavy. you got carry that all back down the 29,000 feet. i know it's the top of the world and everything, guys, but you have to wonder, why would you put yourself through it? >> maybe you don't have the mindset keir. >> i think keir needs to be working out a little more. >> he's milking it a little bit. >> i don't see him summiting any time soon. >> thank you, keir. we appreciate it. >> coming up, could you handle it? how one family went from zero babies to five in less than a year. >> and the future of

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to talk the guacamole off the menu. >> there are restaurants that only make sense with avocado on the men you. >> the chipotle mexican train were aghast when a few words from their annual report went viral that given weather volatility associated with global climate change, we may choose to temporarily suspend certain items such as guacamole. >> i would be very sad. >> it would be a bummer. >> although they said the no more guac shock will not happen

and they will find a way to keep it happening. there is no guacolypse. farmers say these trees are struggling to survive and brackish ground water. his crop down 25% this sand the next a nightmare. >> it's not going to flower this spring so we'll have no crop next year. >> for this year there is a supply with other avocado growing companies to stop in. >> i'd roll around on the ground and cry. >> so it's a good news/bad news situation. >> enough avocados to go around? >> we should be concerned for the farmers who make a living trying to grow avocados but

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it's 7:49. we're back with a guy who is trying to break ellen's selfie record. her tweet from oscar night has been retweeted 3.2 million times. >> and this man is just behind ellen's tweet, standing at 121,000. you can do it. >> joining us via skype, terry and his dogs. tell us how you were inspired to go after ellen's retweet record. >> well, after i got home -- i had just seen the selfie that ellen had taken on the internet. and i decided to tweet it to my son, who was at a houston rockets game and i asked him to

retweet it and he did and the next thing i know, it was being retweeted all over the place. >> you are up to 120,000 retweets, which is a remarkable number. have you been feeling your new-found fame there in beaumont? >> i have definitely felt new-pound fame. i do check the phone occasionally. >> people think this may be a hoax or something. is this a hoax or just what it is? >> this is what it is. it's not a hoax. >> what are your dogs' names? >> max and oreo. >> i'm going to add to it and hopefully get this number close to 3.2 million. let me go to my twitter account here and hit retweet live on the air. best of luck to you, sir, and your family and we'll check back

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good morning everyone. 7:56. a bay area middle school will have psychologists on hand to talk to students after police arrested a teacher right in the middle of class. ron guinto is facing 14 charges of sexual misconduct with a student. officers arrested him in his seventh grade classroom at mira vista middle school yesterday morning but the charges stem from his time at a different school, called making wave academy in richmond. >> starting today gun owners in sunnyvale cannot own magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. yesterday a federal judge denied an effort to put the new law on hold. 66% of sunnyvale voters approved the ban last november. let's check our weather. >> good morning. we are waking up to cloud cover and san francisco we cleared out over the open water still in the city we have mostly cloudy skies, by this afternoon

temperatures will be near 60 degrees in the city. elsewhere you'll find a good mix of low to mid-60s for our inland valleys, even in the south bay starting to clear out from the rain we saw overnight. from a tenth of an inch in the san jose valley up to a quarter inch in the north bay. temperatures begin in the valleys back in the mid-60s, 70s on the way for the weekend, we'll talk more about that in about 30 minutes. let's take that drive. >> i'm hitting refresh on our report. there is something that just happened north of our camera. north 101 approaching willow there appears to be major slowdown all of a sudden. it just happened in the last 30 seconds. right now the south bound side catching a break. we'll look at the map, see how things are shaping up. watching north past highway 84 and the dumbarton bridge. south the typical build. north 85 slows. an earlier crash there. slow south 880. northbound as well between the bridges bogging down. the approach to the bay bridge. we're going to end with this

map. back to you. >> all right. more in a half hour.

sending a message. >> i'm proud to be an american and believe in telling the truth. that's why after this, i'm resigning. >> was it a heroic act or self-promotional stunt? >> plus, sitting on top of the world. we'll take you inside and outside for a once in a lifetime view from high atop 1 world trade center. then baby boom. meet the family who went from having no kids to five in less than a year. "today," thursday, march 6, 2014. >> good morning, mississippi.

i'm crossing you off the bucket list today. >> back to my family back home in illinois. >> good morning, seattle, washington! >> hey, everybody in florida, i'm freezing up here! i made it on the "today" show, wow! ♪ >> oh, look at that little guy. that's a picture that will make you smile this morning. and carson, good song choice. stray cats. >> it's so windy out here. stray cats on this throwback thursday. >> i don't like to play favoritism, but can we get a shot of the singers from -- the guys from the ohio university?

they're performing in philadelphia. brooklyn, yesterday. >> the ohio university. >> we meet so many people out on the plaza, it can be hard to remember names. are you good at remembering names? >> no. there's a web site that gives tips how to remember names, like repeat, repeat, repeat, say it three times. >> let's try it out. >> what's your name? >> pat. >> pat, thank you. >> and what's your name? >> macy. >> pat, macy and mary margaret. where are you from? >> mississippi. mary margaret's from mississippi and she sells sea shells by the seashore. >> steve. steve, i've already forgotten this gentleman's name.

>> pat! >> okay, we'll see how it works. >> steve, mary margaret, macy and pat. >> and i'm carson. >> my name is freezing. >> let's go inside. natalie has a check of the news. it is so cold out here. . >> it sounds windy. the u.s. is announcing new steps to punish russian and some ukraine yn officials in ukraine. >> reporter: the white house just putting out the statement that the u.s. is imposing a visa ban on a number of officials and individuals that it says have taken steps to undermine the territorial integrity of ukraine. senior administrations here at the white house say those restrictions apply to both russians and ukrainians. separately we are learning president obama just today signed an executive order

authorizing sanctions on, as the statement describes it, individuals and entity responsible for undermining democratic processes or institutions in ukraine. today in rome secretary of state john kerry is expected to meet again with his russian counterpart. their discussions wednesday in paris produced little tangible progress. the white house says the u.s. is prepared to consider more steps, more sanctions as necessary, natalie, depending how the situation in ukraine develops. >> peter alexander in washington for us. thanks so much, peter. >> the obama administration has granted a two-year extension for health insurance plans that don't meet minimum obamacare standards. people can keep those plans until october of 2017 if their states allow it. the administration is also extending obama care's open enrollment period for the next year by one month. >> a surprising ruling tuesday from the high court in massachusetts, involving upskirting.

that is taking photos up a woman's skirt without her knowledge is actually legal in that state. a man accused of taking an upskirt video on a commuter train, the judge ruled the practice does not violate stay -- state law because the women were not nude or partially nude a lawmaker says they will work on statutes to conform. >> for the first time in nine years, the s.a.t. college entrance exam is getting a makeover. >> reporter: that s.a.t. test is getting a makeover. >> i think it's about time that it did measure things kids learn in the classroom. >> reporter: it is going high tech. by 2016, it will be available in both paper and digital forms. it's returning to a score scale of 1600. the essay portion will be optional and the current penalty for wrong answers is being

removed. some vocabulary words will go away and more practical words will be included. calculator use will be limited. there will be more focus on analyzing text and asking students to refer to real world examples and documents. >> what is the length of an arc? >> you don't ask yourself that question every day in. >> no, i don't think i need to know that. do i? >> test prep is a $4 billion industry and driving a wedge between high and low-income students. >> it's been surrounded by costs. to help level the playing field, the college board is partnering with kahn academy to offer free materials online. >> there is always going to be folks hiring high-priced tutors and whatever else. i think we are going to level it to a large, large degree.

>> rehema ellis, nbc news, austin. >> flying lessons paid off for a young pelican who got separated from his block. during a storm four months ago big bird was adopted by staff members at a resort who taught him to fly by flapping their arms. there you see the amazing video there. >> let's get a check of the weather with al. >> you got a song? >> hit it. >> one, two, three -- ♪ singing band of ohio >> and they all won the masters. fantastic! ♪ ♪ >> let's look at your weather. yeah, can you see there's a lot of wet weather in the pacific northwest.

seattle, you are looking at a lot of rain, heavy rain and wind, temperatures in the low 50s. we are expecting to see a lot more rain, anywhere from 1 to 2 inches, snowfall 6 to 9 inches, and around the rest of the country today, slight risk of strong storms through center and southern florida. lots of sunshine through the northeast. fantastic. yeah, all right. matt lauer's alma mater, ladies and gentlemen. how'd they do? >> they did great. one more time! >> i'm going to have to go visit you guys at ohio state. >> oh! >> that's what's happening around the country. this morning we're waking up

to clots of cloud cover. rain overnight. a quarter of an inch in the north bay. you will notice this afternoon a good mix of clouds expected in the silicon valley. elsewhere, temperatures close to where we should be for this time of year. in san francisco, not going to be overly warm but definitely very comfortable. 62 will do it for your high in sf, and 70s returning tomorrow. >> and that's your latest weather. >> it is the coldest day of the year. >> you're crying. >> he's crying. look at him, the tear has frozen on his face. >> coming up next, what caused this woman to suddenly quit her job. >> and dramatic and breathtaking view from 1 world tread center. >> and the family who went from zero to five kid, twins and triplets, all that next coming up after this.

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announcement. >> as a reporter on this network, i face many ethical and moral challenges. personally i cannot be part of a network funded by the russian government that whitewashes the actions of putin. i'm proud to be an american and believe in disseminating the truth and that is why after this newscast, i am resigning. >> well, later in a separate interview, wall said she grew tired of the network's anti-american agenda and russia has called her announcement a self-promotional stunt. we saw a lot in russia. >> you make a statement like that, you tend to get up and go. did she not do research of who she was working for before she went to work there? >> she was born in russia, though, raised in russia and

then came over to the united states. so perhaps -- >> but still. >> yeah. >> and the day after someone else did something similar. >> and by the way, there is no correlation show between the "today" show and "russia today." >> none. >> a lot of people are talking about this one. a california businessman lost a half a million dollars gambling in vegas on super bowl weekend and now says he shouldn't have to pay up. his reason? he says he was blackout drunk. so johnson is suing. nevada law bars casinos from allowing obviously drunk customers to gamble and get free drinks. his legal team says there is surveillance video and there are witnesses who saw him clearly visibly drunk. he may have a case here.

he may have a leg to stumble on. >> casino's not so sure. they're going to pursue the debts. >> can you imagine the flood gates this opens? >> how much was it? >> $500,000. >> we've been trying a little experiment here this morning, how well do you remember people's names? the web site business insider says you should repeat them again and again and ask a question about their names. earlier today we just met four people outside on the plaza. do you remember their names? >> yes. >> what are they. >> pat, macy, steve, mary margaret. >> you can use other tricks like savannah banana, matt in the hat. if you keep forgetting, get a friend to say their name

themselves. >> it's awkward when someone introduces themselves to you and -- >> introduce yourselves. >> that's what's "trending toy "today. now we go to a special issue of "time" magazine just out today. >> this is a culmination of the project of the number 1 world trade center. time has devised a way to bring the breathtaking view to everyone. very few people will ever experience the thrill of climbing to the top of the tallest building in our hemisphere. >> wow. there's like an unobstructed view. or the moment when you see the world on high. last may i was lucky enough to

be there to report the historic moment when the workers capped off the final piece. for a team from "time" magazine, it was just the beginning. >> in early 2013 we set off on a process to create a panoramic image from the tallest building in the western hemisphere. >> it would be an interactive photograph taken from the top of the spire, so high the team had to build special equipment to stabilize a camera facing 25 mile-per-hour winds. the buildings's vibrations and a host of other challenges. >> it's insanely difficult. it's not like we can just climb up there and take a look at it. this is a one-and-done deal. >> instead they settled for an elaborate test on top of a tall bridge in portland. >> we get up there, everything

powers on, remote computer boards, everything is working and then we go back and pull it up on the screen and there are zero files. zero files on the card. and we came back with nothing. >> praying they had ironed out the kinks, they endured the climb to the top of the spire. >> when you stepped out on to that platform for the first time, it's just like you can see the withhold world up there. >> it took seven hours to guide their camera 360 degrees around the building, snapping hundreds of photos along the way. then photographs spent weeks stitching over 500 photographs together for their once in a lifetime shot. the final product, an interactive image so details, you can zoom in to the top of the world to the father's

grandparents. >> they're watching us. >> that's unreal. >> it makes you kind of nauseous, though, seeing that when it spins around. >> you're not unstrapped or unharnessed in. >> you okay with heights? >> not 1,700 feet. >> by the way, you can see and explore the full 360 degree image on today.com. >> really cool. >> meantime, here is something you don't hear about every day. a couple became the proud parents of five babies, all in less than a year. sara and andy justice were having some trouble conceiving so they adopted triplets. soon after, sara found out she was pregnant with twins. but first, a day in the life of this now very big family. >> it's very different. it's a lot of fun. >> if one person cries, then everyone decides to cry.

>> this is abigail, hannah, joel, elizabeth and andrew. >> the logistics of it are -- >> pretty nerve racking. >> pretty overwhelming. >> hang on, joel. sweet potatoes. you want some? >> we go through about 84 bottles a week. >> it can get very crazy. >> for the most part, i enjoy it a lot. >> this is andrew. he doesn't necessarily like diaper changes. we come close to using about 3 hoon diapers a week. >> as soon as you get within di -- one diaper changed, it's time to start all over again. i had no idea how difficult it would be just to go anywhere. >> you do have to be very organized.

>> five babies, five car seats, me and mom. we really need a larger van. >> nighttime. ♪ ♪ >> head down. come on, head down. >> after years of hoping for and praying for babies, it's just a blessing to have them. we love our babies. we can't imagine life without them. >> and the justice family is with us right now. andy, sarah, good morning. we're going to need a bigger couch. it's funny, i just said let me hold this little baby, what's her name and you looked, oh, hannah. is it hard to tell them apart? >> it is hard to tell them apart. >> how do you do it? i heard there was a nail polish trick?

>> yeah. in the summer their toes are covered up. >> this must have been overwhelming and exhilarating and terrifying all at the same time? how did you find out that now i'm having twins? >> i was shocked. and a bit overwhelmed because i got to thinking, added it up and i'm like, wow, if they go to term, we're go five babies in eight months. so we were really excited because it was something we'd been dreaming of and longing for for years. >> and how do you describe to people who have never been through something like this, this ramp up from zero to five in that amount of time, just what it's like, how it changes your life? >> my husband says all we do is babies. everything else in life has pretty much stopped. but, i don't know, we've wanted -- it was something we wanted so badly that we love it. it's not to say it's not a lot of work and we're not tired a lot but it's great.

we just really love having these children. >> andy, i know you said god had a sense of humor. >> yeah. it's -- it is overwhelming and it was more than a little ironic. >> who is this here? >> abigail. >> abigail is so cute but i think she's just starting to fuss a little bit. >> andrew's not too happy either. >> hannah's just thrilled over here. she's doing great. so give us some logistics. what is the average day like? are you getting any sleep at all? >> yeah, at least three hours. >> in a row? >> well, not necessarily. >> and we do have help. >> just traveling around, the car seats in a car. >> we don't do a lot of extra traveling around. you plan your trips. >> do you have family close by? >> we do. most of our family is local and we have a very supportive church

as well. >> "today" day care. >> your cup runneth over. justice family, thank you so much and thanks for introducing us to these beautiful children. >> coming up, a look at "mr.

good morning to you. 8:26 right now. i'm peggy bunker. depties in san francisco are looking for a wheelchair bound man who is accused of punching several women. in the latest attack, he reportedly punched a woman in the gut. the suspect is a black male in his 40s or 50s with a partially amputated right leg. he has been treated at the hospital for psychological problems. let's look at the commute out there. typical slowing. it is typical, believe me. northbound 880 up past the colise coliseum, and look at the map it continues into downtown oakland.

typical trouble spot will ease up in the next half hour. still a slow down on the east shore freeway. easy up toward berkeley but it still slows you down where the meters lights are still on. southbound 101 with a slower drive eight out to the golden gate bridge. the rest of the bay typical, north 85 with the latest slow down and the crash is cleared at winchester. >> thank you, more local news in half an hour. ♪

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treat, pancakes. al, one of these pancakes is made with bacon. >> there is a god. >> coming up, an exciting new look at the universe. a sneak peek to the ground beaking series "cosmas." >> and today's book club is in session. first, we have a trivia question for those who have read the book. >> what's our trivia question? >> what happens to the first draft of the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde? >> i know, i know. >> you can't answer. >> if you do know the answer, you can tweet it and receive a signed copy of the book. you have time to rsvp for our

google hangout coming up at 11:00 a.m. >> mr. roker, what's the weather going to do? >> starting with tomorrow, expect more wet weather along the southeast atlantic coast. windy conditions, icing as well. on saturday, the frigid conditions stay in the plains and wet weather all wait down into central california. rain from texas all the way into the gulf coast. we're looking at more wet well, good morning. across the bay area this morning we saw rain fall overnight. a good amount fell in the bay valleys. not a whole lot, but the clouds are lingering behind that cold front. we'll see a good amount of cloud cover. back to 64 degrees by 1:00 and we're seeing the clouds hang on tightly and san francisco,

again, as we head through the day skies will clear and temperatures near 60 degrees. >> you've heard of writer's cramp. nancy's got writers frostbite. >> check that weather any time you need it. you go to the weather channel on cable or go to weather.com online or go to the door like i'm doing. >> now to a highly anticipated documentary series more than 30 years in the making. "cosmas, a spacetime odyssey" promises to transport viewers to new worlds while exploring the universe. the captain on this voyage astro physicist neal degrass tyson. >> let's go back as far as we can to the very first moment of the universe, january 1st, the big bang.

it's as far back as we can see in time. for now. >> neal, good to see you. welcome back. >> thanks for having me back. >> carl sagan did ""cosmas" bac in the 80s, right? >> yes, he reminds us science is not just a subject you're forced to learn in school. >> i think science should be fascinating to everyone but it's all about the approach in telling the stories. >> i guess so. when i talk about the universe, i got good material. so people used to say, well, how do you balance entertainment with the science? like i said, when i look up, i

am entertained, just by thinking about what the universe has. >> but the question is an appropriate question. you want to teach people, you want to education people but you don't want to make it feel like they're getting it in the form of a textbook. >> or a lecture. >> correct. >> what distinguishes "cosmos" from every other documentary we are presenting some actual knowledge but the real takeaway is what role that knowledge plays in who and what we are and what kind of responsibilities we have given that knowledge to tend to our civilization and to the earth. >> and knowing you for long time now, you never dumb down the information, which i think is very important. >> and the viewer knows that. you feel like they're trying to make up new word just to can't. no, the universe is talking. >> talk to me about the ship of imagination. >> in the original series, it was an attempt to have a go-to

point in space and time. in this new series, i have to say the ship is bad ass. can i say that? >> you just did. maybe not for the west coast but you did it in realtime. >> it's otherwise not distracting from the story telling that we bring. >> one of the things you do is you introduce the viewers to a guy. he was a dominican monk, lived in naples in the 1960s. he's a guy who bucked the system. he was willing to disagree with common beliefs. >> yes. he noticed and had the brilliant idea given the absence of data at the time, he looked up and said i see the stars -- he was quite a religious man. he felt if god were god of the universe, if they may have been other suns, they might be like earth and if they have earth, they have life and then god

would be all of the universe. that got him in trouble. >> you want this to spark curiosity in people, the fire of curiosity. what did that for you when you were young? >> my first visit to the hayden planetarium. as a new yorker, you don't see the night sky. we have no relationship with the night sky. you look up, you see a building. you look up higher, the building's still there. you can't get out of the canyons that manhattan gives you until you go to a planetarium. i think it's true for most usual urbanites. i think it was the universe who chose me, i didn't choose it. >> i can't wait to sit down with my kids. >> adults need to watch it, too. adults are in charge and they control resources and the future of our civilization. >> always good to see you sir.

you can catch the premiere of " "cosmos" on the national geographic

we are back at 8:40. a new generation of kids will be introduced to a classic cartoon this weekend. >> the new animated movie "mr. peabody and sherman" hits theaters. >> you can trust me, paul. i'm a licensed chiropractor. >> the main character in "mr. peabody & sherman" is a nobel laureate, inventor, musician.

for the voice behind mr. peabody, life does not always imitate art. >> everyone who knows me know what is a herculean feat it is for me to play a genius. >> it's a modern take on peabody's improbable history, a cartoon that aired during the "rocky and bullwinkle" show years ago. max lends his 10-year-old chops to sherman. >> sherman is a character that everything he touches, he breaks. >> the father-and-son duo visit history. >> one word i still have trouble pronouncing is agamemnon.

>> in scene, the characters swing by the trojan horse. the history lessons are a highlight for ariel winter, who plays his side kick annie. >> and it has a talking dog? >> that's amazing. a talking dog in general is hilarious. >> could you relate to it in some way? >> you relate to the idea of universal love. >> maybe with this story life actually does imitate art. >> is that one of your favorites? >> it's interesting because the rocky & bullwinkle series, they were known for this anarchist sense of humor, which this cartoon also had. >> by the way, the movie opens tomorrow. >> all right. >> you guys smell something up

here? >> bacon. >> bacon, bacon. >> we are going to try a couple new interesting ways to enjoy your favorite pancake. yes, bacon is the operative word. >> but first, this is "today" on nbc.

we're back at 8:45 with "today's kitchen." we are warming up the griddle. we'll make one of the most celebrated and satisfying meals to start the day. pancakes, a staple of the classic american breakfast. >> what's your favorite breakfast? >> pancakes. >> they're a crowd pleasing favorite. and however you stack them, they've inspired races,

competitions and even world records. sizzling griddles in restaurants in diners across the country. we can personalize our pancakes to perfection. we are officially hungry now. chef jody rogers, how are you? >> good. >> we're going to make carrot cake pancakes. you do the liquids first and then the drive stuff, right? >> correct. >> what do we have here? >> we have our butter milk eggs, with our oil. we have a high altitude recipe here. >> are we going to whisk that or stir it?

>> let's whisk. >> it's a little bit of a small container to be whisking. i'm going to be careful. >> once we've done that, we add it to the dry? >> yes. >> do i do it slowly or all at once? >> it's all at once. >> now, we're not going to mix this too much. it's okay to have a few lumps. i think it looks good. you don't want to mix it too good. it's gummy. >> carrots today. we're doing our toasted walnuts and our scinnamon. >> there's a lot of cinnamon in there. we're going to use the spatula this time. nice and slow. >> is it going to taste real

carroty? not that i'm a skeptic. >> let's say the kids won't notice it. >> i'm going to mix it smoother than it is. >> a little ladle. >> a nice hot griddle with a little oil on it? >> a little oil on there. what we're looking for here is a few bubbles to be coming up. the carrot usually takes a little longer than anything plain. we'll use the same mix later on. >> i have a few bubbles. can i flip one? >> yes. >> savannah, why are you stepping back? >> i don't know. >> perfect. >> awesome. >> so altogether, it cooks about two minutes? >> each one. >> and then we have a cream cheese frosting, the same one we put on our muffins. >> let's get savory now. >> is this the same batter? >> it is. can you use any batter. >> we like butter milk.

>> the butter milk is great. >> we're going to ladle a couple -- >> her mix looks a lot better than my mix. >> where does the bacon come in? not yet. >> actually, we're going to let that cook for about a minute or less and then we're going to take some of this bacon here and springle that on top. >> after a minute or right away? >> we can do that right away. >> i'm very slow and deliberate when i make pancakes. it's important. a little bunch of this? >> as much as you want. >> just throw it right there? >> that's right. >> pan takes are so versatile. you can add freshtime to this, blueberries. the skyi's the limit. >> i'm going to put more in. why not. i may have tested this bacon. >> so it's really not time to flip yet? >> not yet. but we have to make a little

freshti thyme lemon zest. >> what about lemon zest? >> let's go with all of that. lemon's good. >> and a pinch of salt. >> pinch of salt. and we're just going to mix that through. >> with the spatula? >> yes. >> is it time to flip yet? >> i think very soon. >> let me know. keep me posted. >> it's really not a sweet pancake at all then. >> the only sweetness in this, a tiny little bit of sugar. you'll find when you put the cream on that, it turns that beautiful savory flavor. >> is that mixed enough? >> i think it looks great. >> oh, it's good. it does have that little -- >> you want a little hint of thyme. >> these are other ideas.

>> can you take this cheese here and sprinkle it on and cook it into there. we have a little banana butter -- >> i love that. >> chocolate chips, we have creme fresh. >> this looks like breakfast, lunch and dinner here with the chocolate chips. >> thank you so much, jody. >> not time yet. >> we've had some snow. >> this is "today"

>> we all know that running on a field on a sporting event is a big no-no, correct? check this out. an excited young fan did this right after a match between brazil and south africa. he's quickly surrounded by security but before they take him away, brazil's superstar intervenes, takes the boy -- >> aw! >> and they all take pics with him. >> high fives. and he gets to take some great pictures. and he's getting pictures. >> now kids have all rushed the

field. >> there's the problem. >> lesson: always rush the field. >> come to the plaza tomorrow. we will do that for you. >> we'll hoist you in the air. >> it's funny, they didn't do that when i streaked at the super bowl. >> you're hard to throw up in the air. >> and we want to try to get kids to take a break from their tech gadgets. we have some great toys that will help them do that. >> and tamron has this broach. >> oh, wow. >> but i have no mic. >> guys, we're going to

>> good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. we got rain recently and the state is asking people to stop watering their lawns and outdoor plants for several weeks because of that rain. the california department of water resources will urge people to stop outdoor watering because we did get at least a little moisture and that should suffice. the storms that watched over

california left the ground saturated but did nothing to alleviate the state's water crisis. san jose firefighters are doing what they can to help the drought. the fire administration will take steps to cut back water usage. there will of course be none to put out the fires.

from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to a chilly thursday morning here in new york city. i'm willie geist here along with al roker, natalie morales and tamron hall. >> who found kryptonite and fashioned a -- >> funny. not really that funny. i actually think it looks like a bug. >> it looks like a crab even. >> no, i bought it -- i confess i bought it yesterday. i was on the fence about it, i

thought it was a little ugly but i went for it. >> it's very modern. >> as we suddenly move over in our chairs. >> let's move on from that. let's keep it high brow, shall we? >> let's do that. >> it's a big story here in new york city and people are relating across the country to this one because of where it is, the ground zero site in new york, one of the most iconic symbols from 9/11 was a steel cross. it became a rallying point for first responders, they drew inspiration as they spent weeks and months on the pile. now the nonprofit group american atheist is appealing its case to have the cross removed as an exhibit in the 9/11 museum. >> it's a federal museum? >> it's a private museum on leased port authority land. last year a federal judge ruled it helped those at ground zero

cope with the devastation they witnessed. the american atheist president said if you take the religion away from the cross, you have scrap metal. the only reason this cross is special is because it is religious. the museum president says, no, actually it a piece of history. >> it is a piece of history and a piece of history a lot of people needed then and still need now. >> and it's something that you can look and see what you want there. it wasn't as if an artist fashioned it to look like a cross. it was recovered. and it is one of those things like art, it's subject to your interpretation what you see. some people see a religious symbol, others see something that was pulled from something that was absolutely horrible. >> it's okay to be offended by it but you don't get to rewrite history because of your personal beliefs. >> it is what it is and it was left there by the destruction of the towers. >> they're going too have gifts from muslim countries and buddhists and hindus. >> which i think is a nice point

as well. this is the same area, not the museum, but there was a huge outcry when a mosque was proposed there but there was a strip club not very far away. people pointed out the irony or hypocri hypocrisy, depending on your perspective, of that alone. it's good that everyone is included in all -- >> this is an appeal. the federal judge said there's no reasonable observer who would view the artifact as endorsing christianity. it's a part of history. >> this is another hot one involving actors versus paparazzi. kristen bell and dak shepherd are on a campaign to take on paparazzi, particularly those who take on unauthorized photographs as children. they say we're adults, we're fair game but you can't ambush our kid going to school or whatever. there was a mega showdown yesterday on "access hollywood,"

when kristen and dax took on the owner and one of the employees of one of the largest paparazzi agencies. take a look. >> we're on the street and i'm telling you i'm a mom and when i'm holding my baby -- i don't travel with an entourage and i'm with my baby by myself, it's terrifying. >> they're surrounding her, screaming at her, flashing bulbs. if you don't have an ethical issue with that, you don't have ethics. >> you can't say they're our photographers. >> you've already admitted you buy pictures of children. >> they're not soldiers and we're not pedarazzi. >> if it sounds nasty, it's because it is nasty. >> the "today" show like other

magazines, people and entertainment tonight have decided not to show these photos. what is the compromise here? is there one? >> it's hard to argue the other side if you're the paparazzi? >> what's the reason for it? >> if you watch the full clip, the one gentleman watching the paparazzi said "we have a constitutional right to do this." that's true. westborough church has a constitutional right to protest military funerals. that's true. if you want to be that person. >> there are also safety issues involved. >> and when these kids are photographed, they're often with their friends and their friends didn't sign up for that and they're outside schools. >> kids should be able to feel safe walking on the street, to a park, coming out of school. end of story. >> but the tide is turning, though. it does seem with jennifer garner, halle berry raising the issue as well, people are paying attention to this.

it takes the public saying i'm not going to buy the magazines that put those pictures in their magazines. >> but on social media, not everyone signeds withdes up wit kristen and the celebrities. there are people that call restaurants and say i'm here -- >> they don't call and say my kid's at the bus stop. >> there's going to have to be legislation. there's going to have to be a punishment. without some type of mega fine, they're going to continue to do it and sell those pictures to someone. >> here's reasons to get excited. changes to the s.a.t. >> why are we excited? >> the parents and kids and all the anxiety that goes into preparing for s.a.t.s, it levels the playing field.

the college board is set to do this major redesign of the s.a.t.s. they're going pack to a 1,600 point scoring instead of the 2,400 scoring points. no more penalizing for guess being, no more obscure vocabulary words. >> words likes what? >> we're going to get there in a second. >> it's all about getting it back to what you learn in school. >> that's how you build vocabulary. >> really? >> yeah, the kind of obscure words that you don't know when they are going to come. >> we have some examples. >> so, for example, pr provaricater. >> it's someone who

provaricates. >> it's someone who speaks to avoid the truth. >> sometimes it cab little segacious. >> you are some kind of segacious lady. >> again, you get the multiple choice. >> but you have to know the definition to pick the right choice. >> and if you see the choices, that helps jar your memory. i think it's a kind of cynical. i think they're doing this just to compete against the a.c.t. >> the a.c.t. test what is the kids are learning in school. the s.a.t. is sort of like playing the game, especially if you've paid thousands and thousands of dollars in these prep course, which a lot of parents have done. >> i feel bad for the kids who took this before the change. they thought their 1,600 was

average. i speak because my 17-year-old nephew is going to college and we did the whole buying the tutor after i read a "new york times" article. we didn't spend $5,000 as some have spent but we spent what we had. >> did he get into a good school. >> he got into the school of his choice. but there are other kids who aren't him who took the test and they are like my 1,600 didn't get me into the school of my choice. it's a racket. >> vanderbilt. just pretty pictures with the bubbles. >> you got in? that's because you're a basketball star. you took shaq on. >> these changes take effect spring of 2016. >> one last great story to end on. look at what the employees at one massachusetts company did, 428 people at granite telecommunications in quincy shaved their heads in the lobby of their headquarters. they raised $2.1 million to

support cancer research for locks for love. >> men and women. >> the ceo dared an employee who had a zz-top beard to shave it off for $10,000 for charity. another worker volunteered to shave his head for $1,000. when 200 joined, he made it 2,000, 300 joined, he made it 3,000. all together they made it $2 million. >> we should see if our boss will allow to us shave our head for charity? see, i don't really have that far to go. hello! already gone! >> ten grand. >> no price. i'm not shaving my head. >> not shave, shave. i'd do short-short.

>> they're talking hair now. it's not that you won't do it. it's how much will you do it for? >> chance of severe storms today, in southern florida, could be hail, tornadoes. we are looking at rain now starting to move in. it's going to move in to southern florida later this evening, heavy showers and thunderstorms, low pressure developing. that's going to push through bringing with it that heavy rain. and the other part of this is we've got cold air that's coming down from the north that is really entrenched right from washington down south. so heavy rain to the del mar peninsula. look at the rainfall, some areas picking up 3 to 5 inches of rain. then you get to winston, charlotte, danville, central virginia, up to a half an inch of ice. that means power outages, trees down, major airport delays

good morning, 9:11 the time right now. clearing out very nicely across the silicon valley. temperatures expected to rebound to the mid 60s. a good mix of sun and clouds across the board. we will see a good mix of sunshine and here is the thing. temperatures today in the 60s. through the day tomorrow and saturday and sunday, return of 70s from the north bay to the south bay. low 70s all of the way through sunday. "today"'s weather is brought to you by vagisil. >> did we come up with a price tag? >> negotiating. i said you would look great, look like amber rose, which looks great for her. what did we say?

$ $50,000? >> i would do it for $50,000? >> it goes to charity, right? >> willie said $250,000 but then it makes it look like i won't do it. >> this is like the oscars. they're playing us off. >> i love that. >> coming up, he's one of the best actors around. he's out with a new ♪ ♪ ♪ if you're going to bring the artichoke dip, bring the friggin' artichoke dip. the one-of-a-kind, creamy blend of sweet and tangy. miracle whip and proud of it.

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during his 30-plus years in the business, ed harris has appeared in some of the biggest films, including "apollo 13." >> he stars with annette benning, getting a second chance at love but their relationship isn't what it seems. >> i've had a life, you've had a life. it's selfish but you look at me

in a way that nobody has before. and when i'm with you, i feel something different. and here you are. i don't really know you, you don't really know me. i guess your heart's broken, but i don't want to let you go. >> romantic. >> so romantic. >> you romantic devil, you. this is a love story but kind of unconventional in that you play two roles. >> i play annette's husband in flashbacks and then i play another guy who resembles him. >> a little creepy there. >> what's it like working with annette benning? >> i love working with annette. that's one of the reasons i wanted to do the movie. we had been doing plays together -- not the same play but at the same time at a theater in l.a. and got to know

each other a little bit. she's so grounded, she's just who she is. she's such a wonderful actress. she's really nice. it was easy to fall in love with her. >> you guys are great on screen together. a review said the acting in this movie was just bliss. it was a pleasure to watch the two of you together. >> we had a really good time. and ari posen who wrote the script, fun to work with. >> is this true that this is inspired a little bit by something that happened to his mother? >> at the l.a. county museum of art, which we actually got to shoot, his mother was walking across the street after being at the museum. i guess her husband had been dead a few years and she saw this guy across the street who looked just like her husband. and told this to her son and over the years he developed it into this story. >> that's beautiful. >> so a lot of people don't realize that you were actually in "gravity." sort of. >> i was mission control in the

beginning. >> we're going to play a little clip of it. >> okay. >> mission abort. repeat. mission abort. >> debris, visual contact with debris. >> requesting transport. >> we have to go. we have to go, go, go! >> how long did it take to rehearse for that? >> well, that's not the only line i say. >> wow, wow. >> there's other stuff in there. >> nice. >> got up early, showed up and to get zinged like that. >> mission abort, mission abort was probably not one of the better line readings that i gave in the whole thing. >> you're no stranger to this, by the way. "apollo 13." >> i think that's why alfonso

asked me. >> so great to have you, despite what tamron said. >> ed harris, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> have a good day. >> thank you. >> stay with us, just through the commercial, ed. still to come, trusting your gut when it comes to your health. we'll show you some symptoms to

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period for next year by one month. we're learning more about a second baby born with hiv who has apparently been cured of it, this is after a baby in mississippi was cured with a cocktail of medication. this latest case involves a baby born in california, who also received aggressive treatment within four hours of birth and so far shows no signs of the virus. the baby is still taking hiv drugs. it's impossible to tell yet whether early treatment has a long-term affect. >> a study suggests that alzheimer's disease could be the third leading killer of americans behind heart disease and cancer. they concluded up to a half million americans die from alzheimer's each year, which is six times more than roeported b officials. >> a young pelican is spreading his wings after it got separated

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♪ stay in the groove with align. good morning to you, 9:26, i'm peggy bunker. police say these two men are people of interest in a case of severe animal cruelty. a man's suv was stolen from a parking lot and the dog was in the back seat. the dog was left inside without food or water and was found dead when they found the suv four days later. a documentary playing tonight downtown. he became an american heron on september 11th, 2001 when he stormed the cockpit of flight

93. tonight the lights on the bay bridge will go dark for about 10 minutes. it will remind everyone what it would look like without a art installation. a quick break here and when we come back we'll look at your weather and traffic after this.

welcome back, 9:28 the time now. we're clearing out from the rain we were seeing overnight. we're temperatures to get close to 70 degrees. around 2:00 or 3:00 we'll see peak warming here in san jose. mix of sun and clouds. temperatures cooler there back into the mid to low 60s and 70s. a lot of blue sky there. 60 by noon and here is the thing as we head through the next few days, the 670s return. saturday and sunday the 70s, and sunday night rain. >> over here toward oakland you

have a drive on one side and a crawl on the other side. northbound 80 past the coliseum. one of the last sicking points. on the maps we're talking about a slower 880 but westbound 580 through the same area in oakland. over to the bay bridge tole plaza. a smooth drive for most parts of the bay. south bay has slowing northbound 101 and 85 that remains. 101 past the airport bogs down, and clear after that. back to you peggy. >> thanks, mike. another local news update for you in about half an hour. have a great day. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] spring is calling.

save 25% when you buy two scotts fertilizers -- one to use now and one for later. welcome back to "today." >> very excited crowd. >> i'm willie geist back with natalie morales, al roker and tamron hall. >> this is an ad. >> listen, i declare this meeting officially open. what release should we download from the ee film store this week? >> i don't know. how about some sci-fi? >> "friday the 13th," what's

your problem with sci-fi? >> i like my promotion old school. >> "few good men" bacon does not dance. >> everybody loves super heros. >> deal with it jar head. super heros. i can do super heros. i'm a hero myself. there i was, behind enemy lines. >> was not. >> was to! >> was not! >> was to! you can't handle the truth! >> that's not even his line. >> that's incredible. >> fantastic. >> "foot loose," "apollo 13," "a few good men" and "friday the 13th." >> i didn't know he was in "friday the 13th." >> he probably died early. >> we're going to look at your

weekend ahead. rain in the southern atlantic coast, fridgid in the plains. cool conditions in the southwest. we're also looking at showers and -- i'm getting motion. what are you trying to tell me? >> look at camera one. >> i was looking at camera one. you were pointing at that one. what the heck! anyway, let's get back to saturday. sunday we got beautiful weather up and down the eastern seaboard. a lot of rain in the pacific northwest. showers down through eastern 9:32 the hymn right now. we're waking up to a lot of cloud cover over the area. we're starting to see plenty of sunshine. right now have quite a bit of cloud cover in the south bay and temperatures will top out near 70 degrees today. believe it or not. in fact this is just a taste of what's to come as we head

through the next couple days. 70s return but there is more rain in of the forecast that arrives sunday night into monday morning. >> and that's your latest weather. >> okay. let's take a deep breath, al. thanks. do you ever have those days where you feel dizzy, extremely fatigued and you have that gut feeling something just isn't right? >> in many ways or many cases it isn't serious but sometimes you have to trust your gut and see your doctor. so do our bodies really tell us what's going on? through evolution, through science, do we know before there's a problem? >> i think we really do. as a doctor, i do trust my patients and what they feel. they know their bodies the best. if you feel something is not

right -- and i'm not talking about a few hours, but for several days and weeks, something doesn't feel normal, get it checked out. if your first doctor doesn't get to the answer, go to another one. >> some of us try to self-diagnose and we go on the internet and come up with all these crazy scenarios. >> i'd love to say stay away from the internet but nobody is going to listen to me. use that information in context with a conversation with your doctor. some of these web sites are not necessarily written by credible people. want to stick to places like mayo clinic, harvard, nyu. you can't generalize when it comes to symptoms. chest pain might be heart disease for you, it might be acid reflux. check with your doctor. >> let look at heart disease. what are some of the symptoms we should not ignore? >> this is the number one killer

for men and women. it's very important. the classic symptoms are things like the chest pain or chest pressures are pain radiating down your left arm or to your left side of your jaw. but women in particular can have very different symptoms, things like nausea, abdominal discomfort, extreme fatigue. never play around with your heart. if you even think about it, go see your doctor. >> diabetes and what are some symptoms to keep an eye out for? >> frequent urination, an extreme thursday or extreme hunger, rapid weight loss, but often diabetes doesn't cause any symptoms. that's why screening is so important, especially if you have a family history. diabetes has many long-term complications. get it checked out early. >> you probably know if you're obese or not but there are health-related issues as a result of carrying too much weight. what should we have checked out? >> and you may not realize

things like acid reflux, infertility, arthritis. we know it's not good to be obese but you really want to get to the root of the issues because it can lead to problems down the road. >> high blood pressure. there aren't a lot of symptoms. >> in extreme cases of high blood pressure, you may feel dizziness, headaches or frequent nose bleeds. most of the time there are no symptoms. that's why the annual checkup is so important. >> and last, cancer. you hear people say they never had any symptoms. what are the symptoms you suggest we should be looking for? >> for all types of cancers but they're very different. some common symptoms, weight loss, fatigue, abdominal pain or pain where the cancer may be. a lot of people fear cancer, the "c" word and they almost don't go to the doctor because they're afraid of getting that diagnosis. the truth is many cancers are

treatable if found early. if you get the diagnosis early, there's a very good chance you could be treated and even cured. >> great information, doctor. thank you very much. >> up next, running out of ideas to keep the kids entertained during this long, cold winter? we have some great arts dinner's not my strong suit. we all know what it's like. i picked everybody up. i did all my errands. we get to the end of the day and i am toast. in fact, we've had toast for dinner. cereal...rice cakes. trail mix. but tonight i nailed it. this is a real dinner. kfc family feast. 9 pieces any recipe, 3 large sides, 6 biscuits, $19.99. do not give up on dinner. mmmmm. this momma fed her babies. and her mate. ew. the kids are grossed out by that. ♪ the making of a bombshell starring new bombshell volume with the bombshell boost system. extreme volume meets intensifying topcoat and tada. 10 times more noticeable lashes. new bombshell from

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"today's moms" is brought to you by quaker. quaker up. >> it has been a very long winter for you across the country, especially those parents who have tried to keep the kid entertained. >> we have some fun arts and krafl crafts they're going to love. >> you're right, there's so many technology around our kids. it's great to go back to good old fashioned play like arts and crafts. it inspires creativity, keeps them busy for hours and when they're done, they have something they're really proud of. we're going to start with stuck on fun. we have our twinkle top tree house, they assemble there 3d

structure and put film on it. they're building their own play set. >> i love that. >> mind craft. it's a video game but now this is mind craft paper craft. so this is the animal mob. they build these 3d cubes and the paper characters and cubes and they build their own worlds, just like in the video game. >> you like that one? >> she loves it. >> this is my man jason over here. >> this is the paint core. we start with a vase, a bowl. we take our crayola, washable paint and you let them paint it -- >> just dump it on there? >> dump it on. >> create your own pattern. >> that works, too. >> jason's doing good job with that. >> esther has got some bracelet

situation happening. >> we know that the charm bracelets are really hot. now they're making their own. and these kits give the kids ten bracelets they can make. they make it, they wear, it they share it. >> great stuff. >> and design master. now kids can design their favorite sports car, whether it's a lamborghini, it comes with stickers, stencils and the pencils are the official colors of each one of the cars. >> hold that up and show everybody what you're working on. >> he's doing a great job. >> nicely done, sir. >> magic fun dough. >> one is magic fun dough. it comes with sets like the vol kind and the pirate set. what's cool is they make their own characters. by using transfers, they actually peel it off, i think this one got a little dry -- >> it's like you're tattooing the play-doh. >> they create their characters

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we'll just add the wet ingredients, add the egg in and give it a good stir and the oil and milk as well. >> why has this one gone so viral? >> this is one of their most popular videos. it's because it's so easy. for those of us who doesn't like cleaning up, it only makes a mug and a spoon as equipment. >> how many times have you made this? >> quite a few. >> and every time it works? >> every time. >> and it's that simple, putting in those ingredients? >> yes. >> how many minutes? >> two and a half minutes in the microwave. we'll let that took while we move over to our next video. >> i love putting you to work there. this one is a surprise to even us. we've not seen this. >> this comes from a video series called amazing bets you cannot lose. what we have in front of us is a pile of salt. you're going to take the pepper and sprinkle a very little bit on top of that salt. here we go.

little bit. >> there you go. and now the challenge for you is how can you separate the pepper and the salt without touching it? >> without touching the plate? >> without touching any of it. >> okay, i'm let you in on the trick. >> what you need is a balloon. you just want to rub it against your shirt, build up some static electricity and hold it over the top and you'll see the pepper -- oh, look at that! >> the salt and pepper separates. >> i didn't mean to scream but i'm easily impressed. >> this comes from a channel called quirkology. there's all sorts of magic tricks and other bets you can never lose. a sure fire way to impress your friends. >> i love that. next up a sock bun? >> a sock bun. from a channel called mr. kate. al, this might not be for you. >> not so much. >> we take the sock and cut off

the toe and we make a sock bagel. >> should you use clean socks? >> generally. >> just checking. >> make a sock bagel, not a skr scrun scrunchy. >> nina is actually producing this segment. she put herself in the segment. i don't have anybody else, i have to put myself in the segment. >> so you do need long hair to do this and you wrap your hair around the sock bagel or sock donut, whatever your preference and it makes a lovely little bun without any bobby pins. so it really nice and simple. >> and you're rushing through this. >> i am rushing through it, so i'm not making it very pretty. >> we have 18 seconds left on this cake. i love that. >> what is this?

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good morning, 9:56. i'm scott mcgrew. a bay area middle school will have psychologists on hand today to talk to students after police arrested a teacher in the middle of class. the 32-year-old is facing 14

charges of sexual misconduct with a student. officers arrested him in his seventh grade classroom in richmond yesterday morning and they stem from his time at another school called making waves academy also in richmond. starting today, gun owners in sunnyville cannot have gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds. 66% of sunnyville voters approved the ban last november. let's check your weather with anthony. >> we notice that the skies are beginning to clear. sun and clouds and temperatures today will be cooler from where they were yesterday. into the 70s across the santa clara valley. today back close to 70 e and in the next couple days, warmer weather does await us. sunny skies, temperatures tomorrow for saturday and

sunday, low 70s especially for the trivalley and the south bay. more rain on the horizon sunday night. we'll track another storm that will make for a messy monday morning. >> let's not talk about monday. northbound 880 slow past the colise coliseum. this is one of the last spots you see slowing. extra slow this thursday morning. no incidents in the area but it has been steady like that. the rest of the bay shaping up nicely. tri-valley and east bay looking good. slowing on westbound 237 where a crash was clogging things down and northbound 101 a little slow as well. >> thank you, mike. we'll have another local news update for you in a half an hour. i was going to the library to do my homework.

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♪ from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. it is thirsty thursday, march 6th. we should just moving along in march. we've got with the anticipation that's coming along for st. patty's day, we'll have a performance by celtic woman today. they're fun. >> they are -- >> woman power. >> by the way, their songs are number one on the world charts. if you don't know them you'll know them after the shows. and we have the ambush makeovers. >> we had a fun day yesterday. very rarely do all of us ladies

at the "today" show have chance to go out -- well, before -- together. >> to go out together. >> we had lunch first at frankie & johnny's. >> we had shrimp scampi, salad and spinach and rice. with lots of lemon and wine. >> anyway, so we're eating and drinking and eating -- >> we were welcoming tamron officially. we hadn't had an opportunity to really celebrate savannah's engagement. and so we said, let's do lunch and let's go to a matinee. >> if you ever had one of the lunches where you're eating and drinking and laughing and time just passes you by. all of a sudden, no one had their phones out. no one had their watches on because nobody wears watches anymore. >> i do. >> but you didn't have it on, did you? >> no, you're right. >> the shows start, at 2:00, everyone should be in their seats. >> usually they start around 2:07. >> i looked at my phone and it

was 2:09 and we were sitting there -- >> i don't think we had paid the bill. >> natalie paid. >> perfect natalie. oh, i'm so over her for treating. >> anyway, we literally scooped our coats up and ran like crazy. >> i did, hoda. you went to the bathroom. >> i had to go. >> go across to the shone field theater and i said, we're coming. honestly. we sat in the back because we didn't want to spoil it. it's "bridges of madison county." and stephen passquel you know from "rescue." >> sexy as all get out. like the movie and the book with the same name. we enjoyed ourselves. i would say the audience was 90% women. >> what did you say after the show? >> we went backstage. we took that photo. >> now we can show the photo, please. >> there we are. >> so guess what kathie lee said to the man next to her. >> i'm sorry.

i always speak the truth. >> and it? >> it came out, you made a lot of horny housewives happy today. >> yes, she did. >> he said, i hope there's a whole lot of them out there, because we want to keep the show going for a long time. >> by the way, it is all that. >> it is all that. >> you know, it is about adultery. let's keep that in mind. but ultimately -- >> yes. don't spoil it. >> just keep that in mind if you've forgotten. it's about four days of a lonely iowa housewife. this hunky photographer from -- what's -- from, i want to say good housekeeping. good housekeeping wouldn't be the same. i'm here to -- i'm going to go and do your garden, lady. anyway, we enjoyed it. >> we had fun. >> you'll have fun. beautiful music. great performances. >> there's a terrific story about a couple, you guys. their names are andy and sarah justice. from oklahoma. they always wanted children. >> yes. >> and they were having trouble

conceiving children. >> right. >> and they decided that they wanted to adopt. >> right. >> and it just so happened when they were adopting their children, they didn't adopt one child. they ended up adopting triplets. >> yes. one adoption and -- >> one adoption. >> three babies. >> they were very excited to have the triplets. well, it just so happened that shortly after the adoption went through, guess who got pregnant? yes, she did. sarah found out she was pregnant not with one baby but two. so now within the course of one year, this couple has five babies. >> oh, my. >> the triplets are ten months old and then the twins i guess are ten weeks, right? can you imagine? they go through over 80 bottles and 300 diapers a week. >> can you imagine? >> they have gone through the adoption process for such a long time. can you imagine they thought they had a baby coming and twice

those responsible for the situation in crimea. and they also give us the they also give us the flexibility to adjust our response going forward based on russia's actions. we took these steps in close coordination with our european allies, spoken to several of our closest friends around the world and i'm glad that our unity is on display. we are announcing assistant for the government in kiev and today our government also took steps. i'm confident that we're moving forward together united in our

determination to oppose actions that violate international law and to support the people of ukraine. that includes standing up for state sovereignty. the ref ren dumb would violate the constitution and violate international law. any discussion about the future of ukraine must include the legitimate government of ukraine. in 2014 we're beyond the days when borders can be redrawn over the heads of democratic leaders. while we take these steps, i want to the be clear there it is a way to respect the people. let international monitors to ensure that all ukrainians are being respected. begin consultations between the government of russia and ukraine

with the station of the international community. russia would maintain and abide by agreements and respects ukraine's sovereignty and territory. the people of ukraine as they move to elections in may. that's the past of the escalation. secation kerry is enkbaged with all parties to pursue that path. but if this violation of international law continues, the united states, our alleys and sweer national community will remain firm. we affirm our commitment to the security and democracy of our allies in eastern europe. one last point there has been a lot of talk in congress about these issues. today i'm calling on congress to follow up on these laws with

action. specifically to support capacity to lend resources to ukraine and to provide assistance for the government so they can weather this storm and stabilize the economy, make needed reforms, and deliver for their people all of which will provide a smoother path way for the elections that have been scheduled in may. today the world can see that the united states is you needs in unfolding international law and pursuing a just outcome for global security and a future that the people deserve. that is what we will continue to do in the days to come until we have seen a resolution for this crisis. thank you very much, jay and ben and others will be happy to take your questions. >> the president from the briefing room in the west wing. his press secretary will now take questions from the news

media. andrea mitchell when to the ukraine yesterday. please decipher what we heard and will any of this show that he considers this a domestic matter? >> more importantly what has happened today is two things. the european union has voted in brussels. that's important. the more thing is why the president came into the briefing room today, which is that the parliament has voted to aadvance their referendum and to break away from ukraine and join the federation. that's what the president and his advisors are all very concerned about. that per precipitation actions by the military that has been very restrained until now and it would seriously escalate this crisis. >> some say the other greatest

threat would be any kind of partitioning after the battle days of the cold war. what i keep referring to as cold war muscle memory. we remember it's easier to remember east versus west. >> and i was just talking to our ambassador. this would be one event that could really precipitate a milita military crisis. russia is part of all of the agreements, and the ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons in the' 90s in exchange for guarantee of their borders. if russia tries to take it back, it would be considered a vote in the referendum by the people, that could precipitate some kind

of military action. we also know that more teams are going to poland. they want to the region, u.s. warship and destroyer are also approaching. we're ramping up our support for nato. >> thank you, andrea mitchell. we have said this night after night, this remains very much a dicey situation. it remains a crisis in ukraine and all of these territories that were once part of the soviet union. we'll have, of course, complete coverage again tonight on nbc "nightly news." for andrea mitchell in our briefing room. peter alexander, and i'm brian williams in new york. activia tummies,

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picked those two. >> the two that were there. >> a short story. >> one of them was erica hughes, 50 years old from lake worth, florida. she works in a hospital, always in scrubs with no time to glam up. today is her 50th birthday. i saw her when i walked in this morning. she decided it was time for a new beginning. let's take a listen. >> we have a virgin at 50. happy birthday. explain. >> i have never colored my hair. this is virgin hair. >> and today is the first day, louis is very excited and so exciting for your sister, lori. >> i'm very excited. happy birthday, erica. i hope you have a great time getting your hair colored and i can't wait to see the new you. >> you've never seen her look different, right? >> i've never seen her look different. she's beautiful. i love her dimples and i think she wears her color well, but it will be fun to see something different and new. >> yea. happy birthday! >> thank you. >> oh, it is the birthday girl. she's here with her sister and mom lori and jean.

please keep your blindfolds on for a second until i give you the green light. here she is before. erica. and let's see the new you, erica. >> oh! >> all right ladies, please take off your blindfolds and take a look-see. >> i don't even recognize you from this morning. spin right around here, honey, and take a look. >> wow. >> you look fantastic. >> wow. spin right around. look right here at camera 12. >> she wants to keep looking. i don't blame her. >> oh, yes. tell us about the hair, louis. >> happy birthday, erica, first of all. >> thank you. >> this is a very simple color. if you have gray hair and want to take away ten years, this is a quick fix that works. takes less than an hour. this time we had about 30 minutes, right, erica? and then vanessa took her hair, which was already short, but gave it style.

>> adorable. >> what do you think? >> i love it. you look awesome. >> mom, what do you think? >> i love it too. i need one. >> you're next. >> i love this. this leather jacket. >> it is too cold. so we did a pants day today. kinky boots, which we saw. so we picked an outfit you can mix and match. nydj jeans fit her tuche perfectly. >> go girl. please join your family. >> our second lady is leah schmidt, 52 from kansas city, missouri. she has four kids, ages 19 through 29 and also is a grandmother. she prides herself on getting ready in only ten minutes. but today our team spent more than that, even though she was skeptical. let's listen to her story. >> she is a little shocked and her husband, scott, hi, scott, is going to be more shocked. >> absolutely. he's going to be incredibly shocked. >> what do you think of all this? >> it is very surprising.

i wasn't expecting that this morning. i'm speechless. >> ready to see a whole new you? >> yes, of course. i'm excited. >> i'm flipping out. >> and flipping out. >> all righty, she's here with her friends tracy and deborah. there they are. let's take one last look before at leah schmidt. and let's stake a look now at te after of louis and jill. here she is. oh, my gosh. i love that hair. are you ready to look? go for it. >> oh, my god. >> that's a great haircut. >> it is very -- turn around, leah. have a look at yourself. >> oh, my god. it is incredible. i love it. >> it is fantastic. >> thank you. >> right into camera 12 there. please tell us what you did, louis. >> leah is absolutely new york city chic. i mean, this is incredible. this is a great haircut by

vanessa. and, of course, we gave her this high fashion style, reddish auburn color. and the big tip here is she never wore makeup in her life and she looked great. today, enid put a little bit of makeup on and look at the difference. you are so glamorous. >> can you see okay? do you have your glasss? >> i cannot read. i can see. >> you can see yourself. jill, what about this outfit? which i love. >> mixing and matching. adriana papel pants, black pants, everyone should have. and the jacket is andrew martin. a zip-in. needed a new jacket and we were happy to give it to her. >> what do you think, ladies? >> let's bring erica back out. big round of applause, you guys. >> their concerts are selling out around the world. see why when the celtic woman performs f

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parking lot with his dog in the back seat. they found it four days later and the dog inside was dead. tonight, a film festival will honor a local rugby player. he became an american hero on september 11, 2001 when he stormed the cockpit of united flight 93 sacrificing his life to save others.

welcome back, 10:28 the time. clearing out from the rain we saw overnight. 61 degrees and expecting to get a few degreeing warmer as we go towards 2:00 or 3:00. same story in emoryville this afternoon. san francisco expecting sun and clouds. temperatures right near 60. we have rain in that forecast as we approach the weekend we'll talk more about that coming up at 11:00. in the last half hour we have seen right here, look on the far side of the careen, the northbound side of 880 at 66 at the coliseum. as we look over here, a crash on the shoulder that is causing a little slowing to the bay bridge toll plaza. slower in oakland there, slower drive right there at the coliseum. an ambulance arrived on scene and has cleared from the roadway. a middle back up, not a big deal, meters lights back on.

there is the rest. thank you. thank you more local news in the 11:00 show. we'll see you then. we're back with more of "today" on this thirsty thursday. in case you thought there wasn't any room for another outrageous tv reality show, think again. >> there is a new one called "chrisley knows best." it follows the life of an atlanta millionaire and father of five, todd chrisley, who rules his roost with an iron fist. take a look. >> people around us see this pretty picture and think it's perfect. we're not perfect. >> the perfect should be something you should strive to be. i expect a certain standard. i want us to live a certain way. julie never gets stressed out over that kind of stuff. >> if i did, i would be crazy because that's every day. >> all righty then. >> todd chrisley is here with us, along with family psychologist jennifer hartsteen,

who has some suggestions when it comes to parenting. we're doing something a little different today. >> we're going to critique your parenting, have jen do that. let's talk about your show for one second. you didn't go out there and say, hey, guys, i want to do a reality show. they came to you. >> the network came to us and said you guys are made for television. i'm thinking, not so sure about that. but at any rate, they felt like that the crazy we deal with every day was something that the rest of the world could learn something from. >> were you like a helicopter parent. are you micromanaging. >> do you hover? >> i do hover. i do hover. >> are you concerned about your hovering? do you think that is -- first of all, were you parented the same way? >> i was parented very similar. but i think that i've taken it to a whole other level. and -- >> why? >> i think out of fear of something happening to one of my children and the fact i love them with all of my heart. and i want them to be good, decent, honest people. i want them to be kind people. >> motivations are perfect, right? >> is that the way to do it, do you think? >> no. it is a very short answer. but the motivation is what

matters. if we're parenting out of fear, there is the risk your kids are never going to learn how to really handle the life that they need to handle on their own. and that's really a risk of being too involved and too hovery. they're not going to learn,000 pi how to pick themselves up or do things because you're always there for them. >> parents who hover have children who sneak around. i'm sure that's something you're concerned about. but i know -- i don't know if you're the same age i am, but this world changed so much since we were children. and the way we were parented. so your fear is well founded in some respects. this is a different world now with different problems and different realities. >> absolutely. >> what do we do about those fears, jennifer? >> well -- >> come on. >> the fear is okay. but if you -- we were talking earlier, if we're setting this stage early, setting up morals, values, and explaining to our children early, they're going to make better decisions. teenagers, their job is to test the boundaries, push the limits, that's what they do.

that's the time we have to be as involved as possible, but too involved, they don't learn how tow clean up their own mess. >> let's check out one clip. this is when you told your son chase he was not going to go to a football game. okay. let's watch what happened. >> i can talk to chase until i am blue in the face, he's a visual learner. so this time i'm going to give him something to visualize. he's not messing with an amateur. >> what is that? >> hello? >> daddy. >> yes. >> what's on my car? >> it is a gift i left for you. >> hmm. >> do you understand how that gift keeps giving? >> yes. i'll talk to you later. >> oh. >> listen, it was better to put the boot there than put a boot on his butt. >> this was to keep him from going because he was going to go

anyway. >> he went to the game, that's why the boot went there. so i placed the boot on the car, it stayed there for a week and now he understands we have rules, we all have things we have to live by. >> i don't disagree with that logic. i guess what i would suggest is why not say, hey, you broke the rules, hand over the keys to your car, car is mine for the next week until -- >> the visual thing was important. >> and he steals the keys back. >> he's a thief too. i'm sorry. >> that's something -- that's something else we got to work on. exactly. exactly. >> and then i do think -- i do think -- >> exactly. i think sometimes the conversation is what needs to happen too. you know, this is what's going to happen. and if he steals the keys back, there goes a boot goes on the car. >> should know i've had these conversations repeatedly five times fold. he should have learned. >> i'll take you than the one out golfing at cocktail parties no idea where his kids are. >> it premieres next tuesday on usa at 10:00, 9:00 central.

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>> good morning, ladies. >> hi, sweetheart. it is cold out and people are getting chilled. you have ways to help us out? >> i do. >> here is susan. she says do you have any recommendation for checking air quality or water quality via home kits? >> there is all these home test kits you can buy. they do a myriad of things. one thing that people are most concerned with is mold, radon, mildew inside the home. these home test kits cost anywhere from $10 to $15. however, they do have a lab component. so, for instance, this radon kit, which radon, you know, is a gas, you have to be very conscious of, take the vials, put them in the basement, typically lower level, leave them for 48 hours, put them in an envelope. mail them to the company. for $30, they'll do an analysis and let them know what the air quality is. >> that's a lot less expensive than having someone come in -- >> if you're concerned, if your furnace filters are not the

pleated type like these, this will help immensely and something else for air quality that i want everybody to remember is carbon monoxide detectors. >> a lot of people do not have those. >> oh, my gosh. we had the story in new york about the restaurant. businesses don't have legislation. please make sure there is one of these on every floor. >> i can't believe businesses don't require that. >> you would think they would be. next question from judy. we have a wooden front door and it has been on the house for over 30 years. we have noticed since it has been so cold, there is no insulation around the frame, a lot of air blows around the frame, they have been putting towels under it. >> weather stripping is the number one thing you can do to be warmer. i was at a fraid show last week and i discovered this stuff i never saw before, a product called cinch. what they did is they developed a weather stripping, this kind of weather stripping has been around forever. however, they have the super duper sticky 3m tape on the back. all you need to do is peel this away, you can cut this with a pair of tin snips like this to the size, a door kit is about $30, once you cut it in place, with the door closed, you put it

here, push it against there. you push it, and you can apply this down to 30 degrees. so even when it is cold out, the tape will stick. >> here is my question, though, excuse me, sweetie. can you then stain it so it matchs? >> comes in different colors. >> there you go. i wouldn't have that -- it is unsightly. >> you wouldn't want white. i did that for the effect. >> people want to know, i don't want that white. >> 30 seconds, what's going on here? >> he doesn't think about things like that. >> the question is, the lady wrote in her down spouts go into the ground and it is frozen because the winter will never end. >> ever. >> she said, can i take my down spouts and extend them away so the water will drain? yes, you can. you need to cut the downspout with a hacksaw like this. there are these extenders. hold on to that really strongly. pull. pull. >> you pull. >> you pull. >> oh -- oh. >> let's do that again. >> then you put this like this, no, no. not like that.

that looks look a bubbler. it goes like this and it goes out on to the -- >> the downspout. >> lou, you can do everything. >> there will be ice there, put salt, it will make a skating rink. >> if you can find someone. you cannot find it anymore. >> a question for lou, go to klgandhoda.com, click the connect butten. >> exhausted. a live performance by celtic woman. >> and why you want to change your usual grocery list. great segment with that coming up after this. i reckon a storm's a bruin'. reckon so. reckon you gotta hotel? i reckon, no. reckon priceline express deals can get you a great deal. wherever you...mosey. you reckon? we reckon. vámonos! priceline express deals.

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okay, face it, life is busy. at the end of the day, it sometimes easier to get your meals from a package. >> you want to make sure what is in the package doesn't have a lot of artificial ingredients. >> prevention magazine scours the shelves and has the cleanest packaged foods award. >> tested like 100, but we have 20. >> we have 100 winners. we tested hundreds to get to these. so just quickly, the criteria, fewer than ten grams of added sugar. fewer than ten grams of sodium,

no bpa, had to be sustainable if it is seafood and no gmo ingredients. >> okay. >> i understood what you said. >> so in the breakfast category, yogurt is a great choice. you want to go unflavored or low sugar. so these are both stoney field or goganic greek yogurt and sig is icelandic style, so let tart. >> add some of your own flavor. >> organic eggs, these have that bright neon yolk, delicious. so waffles can be a health food. we have discovered. so go ahead and taste. >> okay. >> not a waffle eater. >> these waffles from van's are wonderful. if you put justin's classic peanut butter on top, it is really healthy and a great way to -- >> peanut butter, okay. >> dairy case. decision fatigue. soy milk is often chalky and

high in sugar. this is neither. this is silk, organic, nice and smooth. this is new from organic valley, lactose free, great for you, hoda. >> me too. >> her too. okay. >> and it is a half and half. that's great if you want to put that in your coffee. >> i used to love half and half, remember? >> maybe i'll try that. what about the bread category? >> this sandwich, the bread is from ezekiel's, food for life, ezekiel's, with the turkey you get 18 grams of protein and 210 calories. >> this is the -- i get this without even knowing it. >> it is organic turkey breast. >> the thing you don't want to sacrifice is taste. you know, you don't want to eat cardboard your whole life. >> no. >> mm. taste it. oh, my god. i love that. >> mustard on that, that's lunch. good. >> these three categories, soup, hot dogs and frozen meals are very high in sodium. these are not. this is pacific organic, butternut squash soup, delicious.

even hot dogs can be healthy. >> which ones are those? >> turkey? >> those are turkey hot dogs, exactly. this is from amy's, vegetable lasagna, creamy, rich, full of flavor. snacks. most important category. wonderful pistachios, nice to eat them from the shell, it slows you down. >> calories are they basically or -- >> competitively lower from other nuts, yeah. >> i didn't know that. >> and great source of protein and what not. >> what about chips? >> sweet potato chips are a great swap. fiber and vitamin a but still the salty crunch. >> got to close it up. >> snicker doodles from enjoy life. they're vegan and -- >> all of this is on your website? >> absolutely. >> thank you. you can find all the winners on klgandhoda.com. >> celtic woman sings for us.

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